late单词基本解析：

adv.晚，迟; 接近末期; 临近日暮adj.接近末期; 迟的; 近日暮的; 已故的
adj.迟的, 晚的, 末期的, 最近的, 已故的 adv.晚, 迟
adj.晚的，迟到的；时间不早的；已故的；原来的，之前的临近终了的；

late变化用词：

比较级:later;最高级:latest;名词:lateness;
形容词比较级: later | 形容词最高级: latest | 名词: lateness |

late英英释义：

Adjective

1. being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time;

"late evening"

"late 18th century"

"a late movie"

"took a late flight"

"had a late breakfast"

2. after the expected or usual time; delayed;

"a belated birthday card"

"I'm late for the plane"

"the train is late"

"tardy children are sent to the principal"

"always tardy in making dental appointments"

3. of the immediate past or just previous to the present time;

"a late development"

"their late quarrel"

"his recent trip to Africa"

"in recent months"

"a recent issue of the journal"

4. having died recently;

"her late husband"

5. of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages;

"Late Greek"

6. at or toward an end or late period or stage of development;

"the late phase of feudalism"

"a later symptom of the disease"

"later medical science could have saved the child"

7. (used especially of persons) of the immediate past;

"the former president"

"our late President is still very active"

"the previous occupant of the White House"

形容词 late:

being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time

after the expected or usual time; delayed

同义词：belated, tardy

of the immediate past or just previous to the present time

同义词：recent

having died recently

of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languages

at or toward an end or late period or stage of development

同义词：later

(used especially of persons) of the immediate past

同义词：former, previous

副词 late:

later than usual or than expected

同义词：belatedly, tardily

to an advanced time

同义词：deep

at an advanced age or stage

in the recent past

同义词：recently, lately, of late, latterly

late[ leit ]adj.being or occurring at an advanced period of time or after a usual or expected time

"late evening"; "late 18th century"; "a late movie"; "took a late flight"; "had a late breakfast"

after the expected or usual time; delayed

"a belated birthday card"; "I'm late for the plane"; "the train is late"

同义词：belatedtardy

of the immediate past or just previous to the present time

"a late development"; "their late quarrel"

同义词：recent

having died recently

"her late husband"

of a later stage in the development of a language or literature; used especially of dead languagesat or toward an end or late period or stage of development

"the late phase of feudalism"; "a later symptom of the disease"; "later medical science could have saved the child"

同义词：later(a)

(used especially of persons) of the immediate past

"our late President is still very active"

同义词：former(a)previous(a)

adv.later than usual or than expected

"the train arrived late"; "we awoke late"; "the children came late to school"; "I belatedly wished her a happy birthday"

同义词：belatedlytardily

to an advanced time

"talked late into the evening"

同义词：deep

at an advanced age or stage

"she married late"; "undertook the project late in her career"

in the recent past

"lately the rules have been enforced"; "as late as yesterday she was fine"; "feeling better of late"

同义词：recentlylatelyof latelatterly

late中文词源：

late用法和例句：

in the late afternoon

傍晚

in late summer

夏末

She married in her late twenties (= when she was 28 or 29) .

她快三十岁时才结婚。

In later life he started playing golf.

他晚年才开始打高尔夫球。

The school was built in the late 1970s.

这所学校建于20世纪70年代末。

I'm sorry I'm late.

对不起，我迟到了。

She's late for work every day.

她每天上班都迟到。

My flight was an hour late.

我那趟航班晚点了一小时。

We apologize for the late arrival of this train.

我们对本趟列车的晚点表示歉意。

Because of the cold weather the crops are later this year.

因天气寒冷，农作物今年成熟得晚。

Interest will be charged for late payment.

逾期付款必须支付利息。

Here is a late news flash.

现在插播刚刚收到的新闻。

It was late in the afternoon...

那是下午近黄昏的时候。

She had to work late at night...

她不得不深夜工作。

It was very late and the streets were deserted...

时间已很晚，街上空空荡荡。

We've got to go now. It's getting late.

我们得走了。时候不早了。

Steve arrived late...

史蒂夫迟到了。

The talks began some fifteen minutes late...

会谈晚了大概15分钟才开始。

We went to bed very late...

我们很晚才睡。

He married late.

他结婚晚。

...my late husband.

我已故的丈夫

...the late Mr Parkin.

已故的帕金先生

...Cousin Zachary, late of Bellevue Avenue.

直到不久前还住在贝尔邬大道的表兄扎卡里

...Strobe Talbott, late of Time magazine.

刚离开《时代》杂志不久的斯特罗布·塔尔博特

It's been a long time coming but better late than never.

早就该如此了。不过，也总比没有的强。

I'd left it all too late in the day to get anywhere with these strategies.

我按兵不动时间太长，致使这些策略都不管用了。

His life has changed of late...

他的生活近来发生了变化。

The dollar has been stronger of late.

美元近来走势强劲。

It was too late to turn back...

回头已经太晚了。

We realized too late that we were caught like rats in a trap.

等我们发觉自己已成瓮中之鳖时已经太晚了。

late

It is never too late to learn.

[谚]活到老，学到老。

Mary raised hob with her husband for being back late.

丈夫回来晚了，玛丽就对他大发脾气。

I saw your brother as late as last week.

上个礼拜我还看到你哥哥。

It suits Henry's book to work late and travel home after the rush hour.

下班晚些过了高峰时间再回家正合亨利之意。

Needless to say, he came late as usual.

不用说他照例来得很晚。

Don't be cross with the child for being late.

不要对迟到的孩子发脾气。

No, I must not be late for class.

不，我决不能上课迟到。

In order not to be late, she cut across the field.

为了不迟到，她抄近路穿过田野。

I am going to stay up late to finish my paper.

为了完成报告我打算熬夜不睡。

In order to earn enough money, he worked late into the night.

为了赚到足够的钱，他工作到深夜。

John nearly broke his neck trying not to be late to school.

为使上学不迟到，约翰费了九牛二虎之力。

Chaucer wrote in the late mediaeval period.

乔叟写作的时代是中世纪末。

It happened late last century in 1895, to be exact.

事情发生在上个世纪末--准确地说，在1895年。

Henry got off on the wrong foot by being late on his first day at work.

亨利第一天上班就迟到，一开始就给人留下了不好的印象。

I got up late this morning and missed the bus.

今天早晨我起床晚了，错过了公共汽车。

I shall get back very late, so don't sit up for me.

今晚我要回来得很迟，所以你不必等我回来再睡觉了。

He is studying English early and late.

他一天到晚都在学英语。

He'll get hell from his teacher for coming late to school again.

他上学又迟到了，肯定要挨老师批评。

He was late for school, as was often the case with him.

他上学迟到已是家常便饭了。

It is out of the question for him to stay in office so late.

他不可能这么晚还呆在办公室。

He excused himself for being late.

他为自己迟到辩解。

He is used to sitting up late.

他习惯熬夜。

As always he was late and had to run to catch the bus.

他像平时一样又晚了，得跑著去赶公共汽车了。

He found the charity in memory of his late wife.

他兴办那项慈善事业以纪念他已故的妻子。

He wrote a book to set forth the military exploits of the late general.

他写了一本书来表彰这位已故将军的战功。

He arrived too late and missed the train.

他到得太晚，没赶上火车。

He'll get hell from his mother for getting so late again.

他又起得那么迟，肯定要挨他妈妈一顿臭骂。

He procrastinated until it was too late to do anything at all.

他因循坐误，一事无成。

Extra work kept him (late) at the office.

他因有额外的工作，(很晚)仍留在办公室里。

He got scolded for being late.

他因迟到而被骂。

It's odds-on that he'll be late.

他多半得迟到。

It's very rare for him to be so late.

他很少迟到。

He supposed it was too late to catch the9:30 train.

他想赶9点30分的车已来不及了。

He finally pay up six month late.

他最终付清了欠款但晚了6个月。

He always trot out the same old excuse for being late.

他每次迟到总是重复那一套藉口。

His summer vacation will end in the late August.

他的暑假将于八月底结束。

He was up too late and decided to sleep in the next morning.

他睡得太迟了，因此决定第二天早晨多睡一会儿。

He keeps late hours and gets very little sleep.

他睡得很晚，而且只睡一点儿时间。

He got the chop for always being late.

他老是迟到，所以被解雇了。

He has often been late for school of late.

他近来经常迟到。

I was cross with him for being late.

他迟到了，我很生气。

He was late, so he slipped into the meeting room.

他迟到了，所以悄悄进入会场。

He's late he's probably stuck in a traffic jam.

他迟到了－－很可能是由於交通阻塞耽误了。

He's always making excuses for being late.

他迟到总是有藉口。

He was late owing to/due to the very heavy traffic.

他迟到是因为交通拥挤。

His excuse for being late was that he had missed the train.

他迟到的理由是没有赶上火车。

He came home as late as two in the morning.

他迟至清晨两点才回家。

Mr. Smith, late of the UN Secretariat.

以前在联合国秘书处服务过的史密斯先生。

You mustn't be late; he was most insistent about that.

你万不可迟到，他对这一点最严格。

You'd better look sharp or you'll be late.

你得赶快，不然就晚了。

You'll have to scoot or you'll be late.

你快跑吧，不然就要迟到了。

You left out the possibility that the train might be late.

你忽略了火车或许迟到的可能性。

Do you ever take the subway alone late at night?

你有没有在深夜单独乘过地铁？

You'll be late if you don't step on it.

你要是不加快速度就要迟到了。

You've been having too many late nights recently.

你近来晚睡的次数太多了。

It was discourteous of you to arrive late.

你迟到了，真没礼貌。

At length the bus arrived, forty minutes late.

公共汽车终於来了，晚了四十分钟。

The train was late and I missed my connection.

列车误点了，我没能赶上联运。

Some late news has just come in.

刚刚收到几条新消息。

Stop dawdling and hurry up: we're late.

别磨磨蹭蹭了，快点儿吧: 咱们晚了。

Steven was tardy this morning and alleges that his bus was late.

史提芬今天早上迟到的说词是公车误点了。

Jim stayed up late in defiance of the coach's orders.

吉姆违反教练的命令熬夜不睡。

In common with other students, Tom is often late for school.

和其他学生一样，汤姆也经常迟到。

Let's get under way, we're already late.

咱们动身吧，已经晚了。

Tut-tut, the boy's late again!

咳，这孩子又迟到了！

Because of the cold weather the crops are late this year.

因天气寒冷，今年的作物成熟得晚。

Ill news never comes too late.

坏消息总是来得快。

The library had to close down for it was too late.

天太晚了，图书馆得关门了。

It's getting late; we must make a start.

天晚了，我们必须开始了。

It's rather late, and I think I'd better be getting along.

太晚了，我想我该走了。

Her husband is on the late shift, so she has turned night into day.

她丈夫上晚班，听以她把白天和夜晚颠倒过来。

She blotted her copy-book by being an hour late for work.

她上班迟到了一小时，破坏了以往的良好形象。

She won't consent to him staying out late/to his staying out late.

她不允许他呆在外面太晚。

She won't have boys arriving late.

她不允许这些男孩子迟到。

She hates to be late for work.

她不喜欢上班迟到。

It is very provoking of her to be so late.

她到得这麽晚真叫人生气。

She got blown up by her boss for being late.

她因迟到而受到老板严厉训斥。

When her child was two hours late, she became quite demented.

她孩子晚了两个小时，她心急如焚。

She can always vamp up some new excuse for coming late.

她总能编出某种新的借口为其迟到辩解。

She rolled in for work twenty minutes late.

她懒懒散散地来上班，迟到了二十分钟。

用作形容词(adj.)

I'm afraid I may be a little late.
恐怕我可能稍晚一点。

The train was 10 minutes late.
火车晚点了10 分钟。

This country was founded in the late eighteenth century.
这个国家是在18世纪末期建立的。

Tell me about his late illness.
告诉我他最近的病况。

There were several clashes before this latest incident.
在这次事件发生之前已有过几次冲突。

He found the charity in memory of his late wife.
他兴办那项慈善事业以纪念他已故的妻子。

用作副词(adv.)

We went to bed late.
我们很晚才上床。

I overslept because I stayed up too late last night.
我睡过头了,因为昨晚睡得很迟。

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